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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 13, 1766
Page
4
A poetic fragment narrates the downfall of Genius who, after tying to Megs Fortune, suffers heartbreak and foil as Hope appears then fades. Patience endures until Hope flees. Death strikes Genius in a garret, leaving Aii s Fortune and Polly beside him as he dies.
The article details tolls on dairy goods, pricing shifts for fresh butter from sixpence to sevenpence and a halfpenny, and measures against price gouging. It notes a Bath marriage, a Ratcliff pipe-maker’s wife giving birth to three girls, a stock broker’s death, and extensive crime and trade items including counterfeit coin cases, smuggling of Dutch goods, and several ship movements with cargo details. It also lists societal happenings, market notes, and weekly mortality and birth statistics.
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